This viper is living proof of how biased magazine tests can sometimes be, look how fast it's american tests are, but yet on german tracks it loses to cars that are clearly slower i.e. porsche 911 targas and mercedes sl's

The American coasts and the tourism hotspots have the nicer roads, out in the middle parts there are a few main highways, then it's a lot of rock roads and the older paved roads, which can sometimes be worse than a rock road when they don't get the potholes filled.

It's not so much the conditions it's the size of the roads, long wide straights, most carpark spaces are angled for easy entrance and exit, thats my experience anyway. I've been to the states a few times on holiday and if I was living there I would probably get an American car.

It's funny how a lot of people are under the impression that America has glass-smooth roads. I think one trip through the country would convince you otherwise. Sure we've got some good roads, but we've got many bad ones, too, a lot of the once-good roads are in disrepair, here in Kansas I can only think of one road that could be safely driven at over 100 mph for any distance at all.

One example of Top Gear errors was on a repeat I watched today. Clarkson raced a pagani Zonda against a XJ220 jag over a mile or 1/4 mile or something. He said the Zonda has more power and is lighter so should win. When the Zonda gets it's arse kicked, Clarkson says it must be the immense torque the jag produces that enabled it to win. Thing is the Zonda has more torque as well. go figure.

the american cars are not for me in europe..sure they only can be used in american roads. and top gear is the best motoring show of the decade...and im not talking for the le mans version of thr viper but for this viper srt-10

Yaspaa 7y

American cars work great on American roads, which Clarkson has said, he loved the Z06 over there, but they aren't suited to roads in the UK at least. They also don't have the interior quality. But they are still rear wheel drive with a big engine and thats always going to be fun.

E 7y

Do you watch LeMans? The Viper has quite a few wins there.

Also, Top Gear is entertainment, not serious evaluation, at least that's how the TV show is. And the one part of the show that is good for evaluation, the lap times, placed the Viper in league with the F430, Z06, etc (when corrected for wet lap condition)

As far as handling, you're wrong again. The Viper is known to be a great track car, and I can give you many reviews showing this.